Improved mode of fastening bales of merchandise



UNITED STATES AIHNT FFICE@ THOMAS W. REILLY, OF NEWORLEA'NS, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR rro HEo'rOn H. MCLEAN, OF- SAME PLACE.

IMPROVED` MODE OF FASTENING BALES OF MERCHANDISE.

Specification folming part of Let-ters Patent No. 40,9S3, dated December l5, 1853.

To all whom it may concern.:

. speed in use'to compress cottomor other bales of merchandise.

Theinvention claimed consists inthe buckle, its center piece, and tongues.

The advantage of fastenin(y iron hoops B B to buckle A, as shown in 2the drawing, by

means of tongue d d of buckle, gives superior "strength over any fastening now in existence.

The facility and speed to fastenv compressed cotton, hay, or other bales are not to be surpassed, by the tie-holes f f f f f and e onl tongues d d to buckle A. which bind the hoop B B. Vhen the hoop 'B B is fastened to buckle A by the tie-holesfffff and e on tongues d d of buckle A, the hoop witl be lapped inside the buckle A, so that the pressure of the compressed materia-l becomes equal onY the hoop B B, and where lapped, assisted by the inside pressure, 'produces very little or no strain on the tongues d d.

The drawing shows the simplicity and utility to fasten hoop B B and buckle A to the bale. Its method is so Simple thatl the most inexperienced may readily comprehend the mode of fastening the Same.

. What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The buckle A, with tongues d d and center piece, c, as fully represented in the drawing. New Orleans, State of Louisiana, July 17, 1862.

THOS. NV. Y REILLY.

Witnesses:

JAS. GRAHAM,

F. LOUIS HUBBARD. 

